Farewell, Ucas personal statements: I won’t miss your hackneyed, cliche-ridden prose | Max Fletcher
The Guardian - Higher Education
JULY 20, 2024
These hated essays are going to be scrapped. It’s good news for those who can’t afford private tutors – and for those who had to read them Every autumn, as the fruit fills with ripeness to the core and the small gnats mourn among the river sallows, my inbox fills with requests for help from parents whose children have been tasked with writing an essay of 4,000 characters in which they explain to their prospective universities why they want to study a given subject.
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